Species Regional Summary
Palaemon elegans
Bay of Fundy to Cape Cod ( NA-ET2 )

Invasion History Vectors Impacts References

Invasion

Invasion Description

1st Record: Hawthorne Cove Marina, Salem/MA/Hawthorne Cove, Salem Harbor, Massachusetts Bay (7/31/2010, MIT Sea Grant 2010; Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Executive Office of Energy and Environmental Affairs 2010)

Geographic Extent

Port Harbor Marina, Portland/ME/Portland Harbor (Wells et al. 2014); Wells Harbor Marina/ME/Wells Harbor (2013, Wells et al. 2014); Kennebunk Beach/ME/Gulf of Maine (8-23-2011, MIT Sea Grant 2010); Hampton River Marina/NH/Hampton River (2013, Wells et al. 2014); Hawthorne Cove Marina, Salem/MA/Hawthorne Cove, Salem Harbor, Massachusetts Bay (7/31/2010, MIT Sea Grant 2010; Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Executive Office of Energy and Environmental Affairs 2010; Massachusetts Office of Coastal Zone Management 2013); Sandwich/MA/Cape Cod Bay (2012, James T. Carlton, personal communication 2012; 2013, Wells et al. 2014)

Vectors

Level Vector
Probable Ballast Water

Regional Impacts

References

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